Category Archives: coronavirus

Two competing visions of fall higher education, plus a ghostly third

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

What will fall 2020 look like in higher education? I’ve been exploring this topic for months.  In April I published three scenarios for colleges and universities may approach the fall 2020 semester in the wake of COVID-19, based on different ways the … Continue reading →

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Webinars that don’t suck – part 1

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

We are now immersed in more videoconferencing than ever before. We spend more minutes and hours every day in video chats and webinars, thanks to COVID-19. Zoom, Facetime, WebEx, Skype, Adobe Connect, Google Hangout, Adobe Connect, Shindig, Amazon Chime, and … Continue reading →

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Transforming the professoriate: this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

This week I’m doing several things with the Chronicle of Higher Education.  They focus on how college and university faculty roles may change as a result of the coronavirus. First, today the Chronicle published my article “How the Coronavirus Will … Continue reading →

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A special FTTE COVID-19 report, free and open

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

Today I’d like to share a COVID-19 and higher education report with you. It’s a special edition of my Future Trends in Technology and Education (FTTE) report.  FTTE appears each month, covering nearly 100 trends impacting colleges and universities. It … Continue reading →

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Problems planning for a Post-Pandemic Campus this fall

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will campuses try to return to face-to-face education?  What does it mean now to plan for a Post-Pandemic Campus this fall? In April I published three scenarios for colleges and universities may approach the fall 2020 semester in the … Continue reading →

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The first wave of pandemic cuts to colleges and universities

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

April is the cruellest month -TS Eliot, 1922 In March – which feels so long ago –  I described various ways the pandemic could injure higher education’s finances, pushing some colleges and universities to make painful cuts, while others stepped … Continue reading →

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Early signs of fall 2020: three paths, three scenarios for higher education

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

Several days ago I posted a set of scenarios for how higher education might function during this upcoming fall semester, depending on how the coronavirus pandemic develops. One of the scenarios, COVID Fall, imagines today’s “remote instruction” continuing for the … Continue reading →

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Higher education in fall 2020: three pandemic scenarios

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will the pandemic change higher education? I’ve been exploring and researching this for months now on this blog, with the Future Trends Forum, on Twitter, with my Patreon supporters, through a series of interviews and webinars, and more.  For today’s … Continue reading →

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A video-based community responds to the coronavirus

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

I’ve been thinking a great deal about virtual communities and online relationships lately. There’s the obvious fact that we’re relying on them and participating in them more than ever.  Such connections are increasingly how we learn about the pandemic, how … Continue reading →

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How will the pandemic change college and university curricula?

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will the COVID-19 pandemic change what higher education teaches? Many of us have been exploring how colleges and universities will conduct their educational mission over the next several semesters.  That’s a vital question, of course.  But in this post I’d … Continue reading →

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